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May 15, 2009

G36: Mariners 5, Red Sox 4

Lester was hurt by the long ball again -- Ichiro Suzuki hit dongs in consecutive innings -- and the Red Sox bats came up empty against the Seattle pen, including last night's closer, David Aardsma.

In 47 innings this season, Lester has given up 10 home runs. He allowed only 14 in 210.1 innings last year.

Bright spots: Jacoby Ellsbury and J.D. Drew both went 3-for-5. Lyndon doubled, tripled and singled in the first four innings. Daniel Bard pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, getting out of a self-made jam in the seventh; he did not record a strikeout.

After a nice game against the Yankees, Lester was pummeled in his last start, allowing eight runs and 10 hits to Tampa Bay in 4.1 innings.

Jakubauskas suffered similar abuse from the Twins in his last outing (4.1-8-9-3-0, 103). (It's a shame we can't hear Jerry Remy attempt to pronounce the rookie right-hander's name tonight.) Seattle has lost nine of its last 10 games.

Also: Manny Ramirez had no traces of hCG in his system, but he is not in the clear (no pun intended) by any means. ... Jim Leyritz, awaiting trial on DUI manslaughter charges, reportedly threatened suicide and voluntarily checked himself into a psychiatric ward.

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It's the end of the line this evening for me. Lie down in bed with the TV on and some music playing, most likely fall asleep in an inning or so.

NESN showing footage of Jim Rice getting a tour of the rarer parts of the HOF. He was wearing white gloves and handling some of the old uniforms including Babe Ruth's old Yankee #3 and he held a bat of his. Neat stuff.

I'm definitely fading to. emma has decided to make the couch her bed lately, so I can't stretch out with the game. Armchair and wooden TV tray for the laptop just isn't the same (though it's not so bad if I'm not tired).

Damn - I was hoping for a comfortable lead. Drinks at the bar and the thought of hitting the field at 6am have me thinking hard about my bed.Of course, I can take the laptop there, but that usually lasts about half an inning.

i will clarify earlier statement about deep flies down line. I just mean you can tell right away if the guy breaks for first or not. Because obviously that's all I can see on TV before they cut to the shot of the ball--just a half-second of the hitter post-swing. In that brief time, you can always tell when the guy hits and just stands it'll be foul. So I figure if we can tell from that, the guy in the park should be able to tell with even more of a chance to watch the hitter.